Leon Breeden Collection, 1919-2010
By Maristella Feustle
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Leon Breeden Collection, 1919-2010 |
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| Predominant Dates: | 1950-1982 |
| ID: | 06/ 003 |
| Primary Creator: | Breeden, Leon (1921-2010) |
| Extent: | 220.0 Boxes |
| Date Acquired: | 00/00/2002 |
| Subjects: | |
| Languages: | English |
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of Leon Breeden's extensive, and often self-selected archival materials from his entire career, during which time the One O'Clock Lab Band and the UNT Jazz Studies program rose to international prominence. Also present are personal recordings and writing, compositions, memorabilia, photos, and materials from his time at Texas Christian University, in New York City, and at Grand Prairie High School.Biographical Note
Subject/Index Terms
Access Information
Access Restrictions:
Access to this collection is provided only by special arrangement. Please contact the Music Library for more information.
Use Restrictions:
Reproduction and publication of materials in this collection are subject to the policies of the UNT Music Library. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Physical Access Note:
Collection is housed in the UNT Music Library. Advance notice for use is required. Please contact the Music Library for further information.
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Administrative Information
| Repository: | Music Library |
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| Acquisition Source: | Leon Breeden |
| Acquisition Method: | Gift. |
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Box and Folder Listing
The listing below is a partial representation of this finding aid's total contents. To see other series/containers,
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Series 7: Compact discs and LP records
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Sub-Series 1: Non-commercial CDs
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Sub-Series 2: Cassette transfers to CD
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Box 1: Portugal/USSR tour, 1976
See also: Series 6, Box 1, Folders 10 - 13. Barcode 706967.-
Folder 1: Playlists for CDs
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Item 1: Oporto, Portugal, 1976 June 5
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Item 2: Moscow, Rossiya Concert Hall, 1976 June 12
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Item 3: Moscow, Rossiya Concert Hall - evening concert, 1976 June 12
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Item 4: Moscow, Rossiya Concert Hall - afternoon concert, 1976 June 13
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Item 5: Moscow, Rossiya Concert Hall - evening concert, 1976 June 13
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Item 6: Volgograd, Sports Palace, 1976 June 13
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Item 7: Volgograd, Sports Palace, 1976 June 17
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Item 8: Volgograd, Sports Palace, 1976 June 19
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Item 9: Yerevan, Outdoor Sports Arena, 1976 June 21
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Item 10: Yerevan, Matinee, 1976 June 24
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Item 11: Yerevan, evening concert, 1976 June 24
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Item 12: Baku, Lenin Palace of Culture, 1976 June 27
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Box 2
Barcode 706966.-
Folder 1: Documentation for CDs, including set lists
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Item 1: 1:00 Lab Band at the Lyceum, performing for the Nuclear Accelerator Convention, 1976 October 26
"4.4 (cont.) and 6.3A and 6.3B." -
Item 2: Harvey Anderson, 1982
Also: "44.5A (cont.) -
Item 3: KJAZ and American Federation of Musicians speech
"44.6A and 43.6A" -
Item 4: "Leon's Book"
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Item 5: 1:00 Lab Band, informal concert, 1975 December 4
"3.2A" -
Item 6: Resignation speech; Northside Coliseum; album, undated; 1975 December 5; 1983
Northside Coliseum: "28.2B"; album: "44.3" -
Item 7: Class; European bands, 1982 November 30; undated
"18.6" and "47.3B" -
Item 8: European bands, continued
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Item 9: Interlaken, Switzerland, 1980 October 15
"41.3" -
Item 10: Interlaken, 1980 October
"41.3 and 47.3A" -
Item 11: Interlaken, 1980 October
"41.2" -
Item 12: Interlaken, 1980 October
"41.1" -
Item 13: John Park, 1982 November 23
"47.1B and 47.1A" -
Item 14: Spoleto Music Festival, 1979 June 8
"40.6" -
Item 15: Spoleto Music Festival, 1979 June 8
"40.5" -
Item 16: Sight Reading Concert, 1975 December 5
"6.2" -
Item 17: 1:00 Lab Band at Texas A&M, 1979 November 7
"29.5A (cont.) and 29.5B" -
Item 18: 1:00 Lab Band at Texas A&M, 1979 November 7
"31.4" -
Item 19: 1:00 Lab Band at Brownwood Stage Band Festival, 1975 February 21
"3.3 and 3.4" -
Item 20: Pascal High School Master CD, 1965-1970
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Item 21: Louisiana; Russian Excerpts, 1977; 1976
"21.3 Part II and 41.6B" -
Item 22: "Keeping Count (Japanese)"
"66.8B" -
Item 23: Phi Mu Alpha Concert, 1965 October 18
"41.6A"
Breeden: "One of the best recording made of our 1:00 bands - ever!"
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Item 24: 1:00 Lab Bands at Lake Highlands High School, 1978 April 19
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Item 25: Louisiana, 1977 March 29
"21.3 Part I." -
Item 26: National Association of Secondary School Principals; Thad Jones, 1967 February 28; 1972 November 21
"42.5B and 42.5A" -
Item 27: Bix Beiderbecke; Gene Harris: Tribute to Basie
"66.9A (Bix) and 66.8A (Gene Harris)"
Dubs of commercial recordings.
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Item 28: Caterina Valente with Count Basie
"66.9B"
Dub of commercial recording.
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Item 29: ABC broadcast, Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, Villanova University, 1966 February 26
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Item 30: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, 1978 March 29
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Item 31: Lab Bands, Fall Concert, 1962 November 27
"16.3" -
Item 32: New York Philharmonic; Duke Ellington
"4.1A and 4.1B"
Dubs of commercial recordings.
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Item 33: Thad Jones; 1:00 Lab Band in Greenville [TX], 1972; 1978 November 28
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Item 34: Stan Kenton at North Texas, 1965 April 27
"42.6B and 43.6B" -
Item 35: "Vocalists in Jazz" for Music 347, 1982 September 28
"44.5B and 44.5A" -
Item 36: Soloists with the 1:00 Band, for Music 147; "Twenty-Five Years of Respect for Jazz Education," for Music 147, 1982 October 26; 1982 October 12
"46.2A and 44.1B" -
Item 37: "Art-Artists," for Music 347, 1982 September 14
"44.1A and 46.2B" -
Item 38: "Small Groups in Jazz," for Music 347; 1:00 Band at MENC Convention, Seattle (1968) for Music 147, 1982 October 19; 1982
"17.2B and 44.6B" -
Item 39: New York All-State Jazz Band, 1969
"LB1" - "1st all-state jazz in the US." -
Item 40: Bob Rogers; Bob Shew and the Dallas Jazz Orchestra, 2001 May 20; 1989 March 17
"LB2" and "LB3" -
Item 41: Norman, Oklahoma, and Grand Prairie Senior High School, undated; 1958
"LB 4" and "LB8." -
Item 42: Dallas Jazz Orchestra; Jim Cullen [Cullum?], 1993 March 14; 1991 August 2
"LB6 and LB5" -
Item 43: Two unnamed segments; "Cowtown, USA", 2001 October 29; 2001 October 5; 1998 October 12
"LB7," "LB9," and "LB11" -
Item 44: White House, 1967 June 27
"LB10"; "8.2A" -
Item 45: Austin College with Bill Collins, 1991 April 26
"LB 12" -
Item 46: Music at the Kohl Mansion, 2001 January 7
Piano trio with David Breeden featured on clarinet. -
Item 47: Mark Breeden, piano, Bachelor of Music degree recital, Eastman School of Music, 2001 November 14
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Item 48: "David's 14-year-old clarinet student - amazing!"
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Item 49: NTSU 6:00 Lab Band, directed by Tom Wirtel
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Sub-Series 3: LP records and additional compact discs
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Box 1: LP records
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Item 1: 1:00 Band at William Woods College, Fulton, Missouri, 1964 April 27
3 discs in separate jackets. -
Item 2: William Woods concert, 1964 Spring
Lacquer recording.
Side 1: 1. Take the "A" Train; 2. Pastourelle (Wilmeth solo); 3. La procesión (Wilmeth and Senff).
Side 2: 1. Maria (Galen Jeter); 2. Yours Is My Heart (Haerle); 3. Black Is the Color (L. Moser solo).
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Item 3: Lab '67
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Item 4: Lab '69
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Item 5: The Annual Fall Concert of the Lab Bands, 1969 November 25
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Item 6: The Annual Spring Concert of the Lab Bands, 1970 April 14
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Item 7: Lab '70
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Item 8: Lab '71
2 copies. -
Item 9: The Annual Fall and Spring Concerts of the Lab Bands, 1970 November 23, 1971 April 6
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Item 10: 12 by 3, 1971
"Twelve original big band compositions by 1. Creative Jazz Composers; 2. The North Texas State University Lab Band; 3. The Bowie (Maryland) Senior High School 'Starliners'." -
Item 11: Lab '72: 25 Years of Respect for Jazz Education
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Item 12: Live! Live Performances by the North Texas State University Lab Band, 1972-1973
2 copies. -
Item 13: Lab '73
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Item 14: Early Tracks by John Monaghan with the North Texas Lab Band, circa 1973
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Item 15: Lab '75
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Item 16: Lab '76
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Item 17: Lab '77
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Item 18: Lab '78
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Item 19: Lab '79
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Item 20: Lab '80
Two copies. -
Item 21: Lab '81
Two copies. Second copy: record missing, jacket only. -
Item 22: The Airmen of Note: New Spirit, 1977
USAF 5377. -
Item 23: Blood, Sweat & Tears
Columbia CS 9720. -
Item 24: The Commodores! The United States Navy Band Jazz Ensemble
SO 16262. -
Item 25: Don Jacoby and the College All-Stars: Swinging Big Sound
Decca DL 4241.
Breeden notes that album includes Lab Band alumni Tom Wirtel, Bob Crull, Dee Barton, Willie Barton, Dave Wheeler, Jerry Keys, John Giordano, Toby Guynn, and John Von Ohlen.
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Item 26: Dizzy Gillespie y Machito: Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods, 1976
Pablo 2310-771.
Breeden notes that album includes Gerry Chamberlain, "outstanding Lab Band alumnus."
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Item 27: Gil Evans: Svengali, 1973
Atlantic SD 1643.
Breeden notes that album includes Lab Band alumni Tex Allen, Billy Harper, and Marvin Peterson
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Item 28: Count Basie and his Orchestra: Broadway Basie's Way, 1966
Command RS905 SD.
Inscribed to Leon Breeden from Ed Shaughnessy.
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Item 29: Gary Burton and Stephane Grappelli: Paris Encounter, 1972
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Item 30: Joe Farrell: Moon Germs, 1973
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Item 31: The Clare Fischer Big Band: Thesaurus, 1969
Atlantic SD 1520. Cover autographed by Clare Fischer. -
Item 32: Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra: East Meets West, 1984
Sefel Records. SEFD 5030.
Autographed by conductor, John Giordano.
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Item 33: Hugh Fowler and his Orchestra: Hugh and the Night and the Music
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Item 34: Free Flight: Soaring, 1983
Breeden's label: features "outstanding Lab Band alumnus Jim Lacefield." -
Item 35: Benny Goodman: Jazz Concert 1937-38 No. 2
Columbia Set SL-180. -
Item 36: Milt Jackson: Sunflower, 1973
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Item 37: Thad Jones and Mel Lewis: Potpourri, 1974
Philadelphia International Records KZ 33152. -
Item 38: Mel Lewis and Friends, 1977
A&M Records / Horizon SP 716. -
Item 39: Marian McPartland: A Fine Romance, 1976
Improv 7115.
Autographed by McPartland.
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Item 40: Charles Mingus: Let My Children Hear Music
Columbia KC 31039. -
Item 41: Buddy Rich: Stick It, 1972
RCA Victor LSP 4802. -
Item 42: Marvin Stamm: Machinations, 1968
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Item 43: The Tommy Vig Orchestra: Encounter With Time, 1977
Discovery Records DS-780 -
Item 44: Pat Williams Band: Think
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Item 45: Early Tracks by John Monaghan with the North Texas Lab Band, undated
Alumni series.
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Box 2: Compact discs
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Item 35: North Texas State College presents the Five Front Combo, 1955; 2002
CD transfer by Nob Hill Studio. -
Item 36: North Texas State College Laboratory Dance Band: Denton Jazz Festival - Gene Hall, director, Jimmy Giuffre, guest soloist, 1955; 2001
CD transferred by Nob Hill Studio. -
Item 37: North Texas State College Jazz, 1956-1959
"From the Wirtel of Oz Archives: A Columbia Transcriptions Reissue" -
Item 38: North Texas State College Laboratory Dance Band: Denton Jazz Festival - Gene Hall, director, 1957
Featuring the Euel Box Quintet, the Tommy Loy / George Mosse Quintet, the Harvey Anderson Quintet, and the NTSC Five Front Combo.
CD transfer by Nob Hill Studio.
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Item 39: NTSU Lab Band: The Brownwood Concert and Collegiate Jazz Festival, Notre Dame, 1960, 1962
"From the Wirtel of Oz Archives."
"Special bonus track with Maynard Ferguson: One O'Clock Jump."
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Item 40: North Texas State University 1:00 Lab Band, Leon Breeden, conductor: Live at Jefferson City High School, Jefferson City, MO, 1961 April 20
Performed two days before the Lab Band won top honors at the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival. -
Item 41: North Texas Lab Band
90th Floor Records. CD transfer by Nob Hill Studio. -
Item 42: North Texas Lab Band
"From the Wirtel of Oz Archives." Largely the same as Item 28, but with six bonus tracks. -
Item 43: Lab Band Neophonic Concert, 1965 April
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Item 44: Annual Spring Concert of the Laboratory Dance Bands - Leon Breeden, director, Stan Kenton, guest conductor, 1965 April 27
Tracks from the 6:00 and 3:00 Lab Bands. -
Item 45: Horns of Plenty, Vol. 2: Lab Band Neophonic Concert, 1965 April 27
Dub of commercial recording. -
Item 46: 1:00 Lab Band, informal concert, 1975 October 8
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Item 47: 1:00 Lab Band at Baku, Lenin Palace of Culture, evening concert, 1976 June 27
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Item 48: 1:00 Lab Band at Baku, Lenin Palace of Culture, 1976 June 28
Duplicate set of Series 7, Sub-series 2, Box 1, and Series 6, Sub-series 1, Box 1, Folder 13. -
Item 49: 1:00 Lab Band at Baku, Lenin Palace of Culture, 1976 June 29
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Item 50: 1:00 Lab Band at Lenin Palace of Culture, matinee concert, 1976 June 30
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Item 51: 1:00 Lab Band at Leningrad, Yubelina Sports Palace, 1976 July 4
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Item 52: 1:00 Lab Band at final concert in Moscow, 1976 July 6
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Item 53: UNT All Star Big Band, 1997 November
Recorded by Bill Collins III. -
Item 54: UNT Lab Band concert, 1997
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Item 55: Addison Jazz Festival, 2003
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Item 56: 2:00 Lab Band, 2005
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Item 57: 2:00 Lab Band: "The Manne We Love: Gershwin Revisited"
Arranged by John Willims; Jim Riggs, director. -
Item 58: Trumpet Extravaganza, 1976
"Tray 6": see also, Series 6, Sub-series 7. -
Item 59: San Francisco Symphony, 1983 March 19
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Item 60: Trio with Lyle Mays, undated
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Item 61: Rhythm section seminar, 1977 March 27
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Item 62: Jeff Sturges; Excerpts for Music 347
Excerpts: "46.1B" -
Item 63: Jack Petersen: Swing Guitar
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Item 64: North Texas Guitar Ensemble, Jack Petersen, director, 1979-1981
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Item 65: North Texas Guitar Ensemble, Jack Petersen, director, 1982-1983
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Item 66: "The Sounds of the Fabulous Twenties" - Breeden lecture, 1984
Two discs: "Tape 1, Sides 1 ,2." -
Item 67: "The Sounds of the Fabulous Twenties" - Breeden lecture, 1984
Two discs: "Tape 2, Side 1, 2." -
Item 68: "Jim Riggs' pictures", undated
CD-ROM. -
Item 69: "Leon Breeden Jazz Archives"
CD-ROM, 2 copies. Attached note included in case of first copy. -
Item 70: Gene Hall's comments: The Early Days of the NTSU Lab Band Program, 1966
Recorded for a show on WBAP television, Fort Worth. -
Item 71: "Leon Recalls... popular songs from days gone by, in loving memory of David Breeden (1946-2005), 2006 September
Two copies. -
Item 72: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson-Thomas, conductor: Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
Includes note to Breeden from son David, who was principal clarinetist in the San Francisco Symphony. -
Item 73: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson-Thomas, conductor, 1999 December
Features David Breeden on Debussy's First Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra. -
Item 74: Harvey Anderson Orchestra, 1976, 1979; 2002
CD transfer by Nob Hill Studio. -
Item 75: Bob Belden - Black Dahlia, "Reference copy", 2000 May 16
Sony Music Studios, New York City. -
Item 76: Joe Beneshan and Friends: Flashback
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Item 77: Fred Crane Trio: Fred Crane and Friends Live
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Item 78: Jim Cullum Jazz Band 40th, 2002 May 24
"Taped live." -
Item 79: Jim Cullum Jazz Band 40th, 2002 August 14
Radio broadcast -
Item 80: Dallas' Original Jazz Orchestra: My Foolish Heart; Tribute to Kenton, 2006
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Item 81: Dallas' Original Jazz Orchestra: All My Exes Live in Texas
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Item 82: Buddy DeFranco, 1981 March 30
Recorded in Dallas. Jack Petersen, guitar; Freddie Crane, piano; Jim Stinette, bass; Colin Bailey, drums. -
Item 83: Earl Tom Keel Directs and Sings
"Featuring Mrs. Deane Keel." -
Item 84: Old Friends at the Oar House, disc 1, 2002 September 22
Tommy Loy, flugelhorn. -
Item 85: Old Friends at the Oar House, disc 2, 2002 September 22
Tommy Loy, flugelhorn. -
Item 86: Dave Oyler Big Band: We Came to Play (demo)
Two copies. -
Item 87: Dave Oyler Big Band: Live in Vegas at the Tropicana Ballroom, 1970 September 27
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Item 88: John Park Showcase
Twp-disc set, Nob Hill Studio. -
Item 89: John Park: If Winter Comes...
Posthumous album, Nob Hill Studio. Originally recorded in the late 1970s. -
Item 90: The Artistry of John Park: Live at Annabelle's, 1977 November 27; 2001
CD transfer by Nob Hill Studio. -
Item 91: Kim Park: Gently
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Item 92: Raoul Romero Big Band - Las Vegas
Includes Dave Oyler, trumpet, Carl Fontana, trombone. -
Item 93: Taylor/Fidyk Big Band at Blues Alley
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Item 94: Curtis Wilson: Texas Clarinet Consort, Blue Rondo a la Turk, 2002
"Recorded in Stockholm." -
Item 95: Curtis Wilson: Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble
Jon Lewis, trumpet soloist. -
Item 96: Sammy Nestico: Sammy... For Friends
Two copies, one autographed by Nestico. -
Item 97: Horns of Plenty - promotional disc
Includes University of North Texas Neophonic Orchestra. "Excerpts from 3 double disc volumes."
Tantara TPCD-HOP123.
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Item 98: Eight CDs, dubs of commercial recordings, or unidentified
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